Prediction and Analysis of the Per Capita Cost when MOOCs Reaches Break-even Point——Based on the Platforms of edX and Coursera

WANG Li;Nanjing Agricultural University;

Massive Open Online Courses(MOOCs)is widely concerned because it's free of charge,but itself has cost.According to the research results of scholars at home and abroad,this paper puts forward a series of assumptions,and constructs a set of calculation models to forecast the per capita cost when MOOCs reaches break-even point.Based on the forecast results,it analyzes MOOCs commercial potential,the potential to reduce the cost of education as well as the potential promote the fairness of education.